It is more cofortable hence why its replacing netbooks and laptops for portable computing and becoming the de facto web browser at home as well. You can hold it on your lap or desk without needing an external mouse or lay down withh it and you are a moron if you think you have to hold it in the air or something you must have never used one before or played ball rolling games on it only or something if you think that. I am typing on one right now in bed and it is sitting between my lap and my bello very co fortably (iPad Mini mind you). And the specs and graphics increase every year and already have surpassed the 3ds. And again I have a very weak pc and use macs so my choice is ipad for pcrpg games or nothign since they dont even make them at all for the wii or 3ds or other systems i own.